nnouncementsthatAmericawasnotreadyforablackpresident,thatIwouldfailinthecampaign,wegainedmomentuminthefirstyearofthecampaign,whichshowedthattheAmericanpeopledemandedunityandchange.5. Peoplewereencouragedtojudgemefromtheperspectiveofablackcandidate,raisingthequestionofwhethertheUnitedStateswouldfarebetterwithablackpresident.However,wewongreatvictorieseveninsomeofthemoreconservativestates,stateswithstrongerracialbias.6. TheweekbeforetheDemocratsweretoselecttheirdelegatestothenationalconventioninSouthCarolina,attacksonme,onblacksbecamemorefrequent,moreintense.7. Atoneendoftheentirerangeofoption,therearepeoplewhosaythatIdecidedtorunbecauseIwantedtoshowblackandwhiteshouldhaveequalopportunityandIwantedtoplayonthedesiresofnaïveliberalstoachieveracialharmonywithoutmakinggreateffort.
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